In The News -

Waiting for President Bush to sign – The Senate approves a bill for construction of a 700-mile wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

A federal judge in Philadelphia bars the city of Hazleton (PA) from implementing a law designed to prevent illegal immigrants from living there.

Four bombs explode in Mexico City – and no one was injured. Radical groups claim responsibility.

Inayatur Rahman – a pro-Taliban elder tells thousands of tribesmen in Pakistan – he had prepared a squad of suicide bombers to target Pakistani security forces. This to protest an air raid on a religious school.

200 Palestinian women, answering a call from Hamas radio – break through an Israeli troop and tank cordon around a mosque in Gaza City – and providing a shield – allow armed militants to flee and Israeli siege. Two of the woman were killed.

President Bush reaches out to conservative voters – appearing on Rush Limbaugh’s show and Pat Robertson’s CBN. With Limbaugh, Bush said the fundamental issue in the campaign was whether voters would elect a Congress that supported him on national security issues. He told other news agencies that both Rumsfeld and Cheney were doing fantastic jobs.

George Bush campaigns in Iowa.

Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to death by hanging.

Raymond Lee Oyler is charged for setting a deadly S. California brush fire that killed five firefighters near Palm Springs.

A Palestinian woman walks toward an Israeli army checkpoint in Gaza City and explodes – but no one else died.

New Life Services… In a letter to his church – The Rev. Ted Haggard said – “I am a deceiver and a liar… Please forgive me. I am so embarrassed and ashamed… I am a sinner. I have fallen.

Business News – November 1, 2006 -

Starbucks defends its business practices with poor coffee farmers around the world after it was accuses of blocking the U.S. trademark application of coffee growers from Ethiopia. In a New York Times ad – the company said it had worked to strengthen coffee farms in many parts of the world.